Gear-cutting machine.



S. SUNDERLAND.

` GEAR UTTING MACHINE. APPLICATION PILEVD DEG. 22,1908.

' A Patented Feb.'8,1910;

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GEAR CUTTING MACHINE.

- APPLIGATION FILED me. 22,1908.

Patented Feb. 8, 1910.`

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S. SNUNDERLAND. y GEAR GUTTING MACHINE.`

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'Patented Feb. s, .1910.

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'MOC'JM UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAM SUNDERLAND, OF KEIGI-ILEY, ENGLAND.

GEAR-CUTTING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led December 22, 19G8. Serial No. 468,791.

Machines, of which the following is a specifcation.

This invention relates to the cutting of teeth in spur and spiraltoothed gears, and

. the object is to so form and control the cutter that it is applicablefor cutting teeth of the same pitch in gears of all diameters;V

also to operatethe reciprocating and vertical movements of the cutter sothat on the periodical stoppagel of rotation and backward slidingmovement of blank from cutter, for the cutter to be lowered quickly, andi. the blank retained until the cutter is raised into the position forthe blank to rengage `therewith whenmoved back and put into i spiraltoothedwheels.

vation.

la sectional elevation through irregular line rotary operation in unisonwith the upward Vsliding movement of the reciprocating cutter, foranotherl series of cuts.

The accompanying drawings illustrate aA suitable `arrangement forcarrying out the invention.

a, b, of Fig. 5, which represents a plan ythrough irregular line c, el,showing part in i section. The following figures are drawn to a largerscale, Fig. 6 representing a detached sectional View of a spur wheelsupporting a trigger, not in section, and a circular block provided witha yielding bar.

Fig. 7 is a plan. Fig.8, an elevation showing how trigger is supported.Fig. 9, a

view of constantly rotating ratchet wheel,

intermittently rotating disk, and vertical plate Fig. 10 is a sideelevation showing how the vertical plate is held in its suspendedposition. Fig. 11 a front view of j i `the operating mechanism, inclosedwithin head stock for reciprocating cutter slide.

`The drawings` illustrate a gear cutting machine to which my inventionis added,

and inthe machine mounted upon guide ways 1, isa sliding head stock 2,connected `by chain `3 to balanceweight 3A, the headstock engaging witha threaded bar 4, ro-

tated in one direction and then in the other,

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for the raising and lowering of headstock,

as controlled inthe manner hereinafter described.

Upon the face of headV stock is mounted and bolted a plate 5 adapted toswivel thereon, and in guide ways 5A is placed a plate 6,

to which is attached a suitable device for holding the cutter.Reciprocating motion to plate 6 and cutter C, may be obtained in anyconvenient manner, such as from a rotating disk 7, see Figs. 1, 2 and 8,and detached view, Fig. 11.

The rotating disk is shown as operated from shaft 8, through bevel andspur gears 9 and 9A, and on the face of disk, is a stud carrying a block10, engaging with a slot 11, formed in plate 6, see Fig. 1, so that onthe rotation of disk 7, plate 6 and cutter C are reciprocated.

The gear` blank B, shown by Fig. 3, is supported in the usual manner byspindle S passing through bracket 12, adapted to slide upon saddle plate13, the bracket being capable of adjustment, on the operation ofyscrewed bar 14, for the purpose of placing which when adjusted, issecured to plate 13 by bolts 15.

Upon the main shaft 16, is secured a cone pulley 17, a worm 18, and abevel wheel 19, the `wheel meshing with wheel 19A keyed to verticalshaft 8. A cone pulley 20 is also secured upon main shaft, and isconnected by a belt with cone pulley 21, to which is secured a pinion22, both mounted upon a stud, the pinion meshing with spur wheel 23keyed upon shaft 24, to which are secured a worm 25 and bevel wheel 26,the wheel meshing with a like wheel secured on shaft 27. The worm 18meshes with wheel 28 mounted upon shaft 29, and worm 25 with wheel 30mounted upon the same shaft,

see Fig. 4, both wheels are free upon shaft teeth at 28A and 30A on therespective worm wheels 28 and 30. The journals supporting the spur wheel31 are of the ordinary plumber block type bolted to or forming part ofthe general frame of the machine.

Meshing with spur wheel 31, is a wheel 32 of less diameter, keyed uponshaft 33 by key 33a, the wheel being provided with a ring flange 32A,see Figs. 6 and 8, and upon the boss of said wheel is freely mounted atrigger 34, projecting through slot 35 in ring flange. Between the wheelboss and ring flange is an annular space, in which is placed a spiralspring 36, held in tension by attachment to pins 37 and 38, respectivelysecured to trigger 34 and spur wheel 32. Shaft 33 is geared to shaft 39by a train of change wheels not shown by drawings, but are supported inthe usual well known manner by an ordinary stud plate 40. .To theopposite end of shaft 39, is keyed a bevel wheel 42, meshing with awheel 43 secured on vertical threaded bar 4, the geared connectiontransmitting rotary motion from shaft 33, to threaded bar 4, turningsame according to the direction in which shaft 33 is rotating. In thesame axial line as shaft 33, is a shaft 44, upon which is keyed acircular block 45 by key 45a, provided with a latch ended yielding bar46, normally held in the position as shown, by compressed spring 47, seeF ig.` 6, and when the rotating trigger 34 is engaged with bar 46, inthe manner shown by Fig. 7, circular block 45 and shaft 44 are rotated;cutter C is then acting on the blank. Upon shaft 44 is secured a spurwheel WV, meshing with wheel 48 through an intermediate wheel 49.l/Vheel 48 is keyed upon shaft 50, geared with shaft 51 by a suitabletrain of change wheels not shown by drawings, but supported in the usualmanner by an ordinary stud plate 41. To shaft 51 is feather keyed a worm52, meshing withV a wheel 53 secured to spindle S, adapted to supportblank B, which is caused to turn at intervals in a rotary direction.

During the time blank B is in the position for reciprocating cutter C toact thereon, trigger 34 and circular block 45 are rotated by end 35A ofslot 35 engaging with said trigger, see Fig. 8, and when the end of therotating trigger comes in contact with the notched side of arm 55, seeFig. 10, free upon an end of shaft 56 supported by bracket 57, the armis forced in the direction of curved arrow, against lug 58 of arm 58A,secured to said shaft. The shaft is thus turned a little in thedirection of the before mentioned curved arrow, causing cam 59, to forcecatch bar 60 clear of notch in vertical plate 61, thus allowing saidplate to drop to the position shown by dotted lines in Figs. 9 and 10.Then plate 61 drops, pawl 62 pivoted to disk 63, is by spring X forcedintoy engagement with the constantly rotate ing ratchet toothed wheel64, driven by shaft 65, upon which is secured a worm wheel 66 meshingwith a worm 67 secured on shaft 27 below, rotated by -bevel wheel 26,see Fig. 5. On each engagement of pawl 62 with ratchet wheel 64, disk 63is caused to make one revolution, and upon the boss sleeve of said disk,is secured a spur wheel 68, meshing with a wheel 69 of double diameter,keyed upon eccentric shaft 70, so that on each revolution of disk 63,eccentric shaft 70 makes one half of a revolution. Shaft 70 is connectedby a link7l to lever 72, supported at the bottom by a shaft, and the topconnected to plate 13 as shown, enabling shaft 70 on each halfrevolution, to force plate 13 along with blank B away from, or towardthe reciprocating cutter C. On disk 63 completing one revolution, it isstopped by arm 63A on disk 63 engaging with projection 61A, by whichplate 61y is lifted from the dotted position, to that shown by fullllines. As plate 61 is beingv lifted, pawl 62 is forced out of engagementwith ratchet wheel, by arm 61B coming in contact therewith, see Fig. 9,the

plate when lifted being suspended by catch position for cutter C to actthereon, and

trigger 34 is between end 35A of slot, and yielding bar 46, see Fig. 7,both trigger, bar 46 and shaft 44 are thus rotated during the cutting ofteeth in blank B, andV elevation of cutter. When the end of the rotatingtrigger engages with notched edge of arm 55, 1t releases vert-ical plate61 as before described, thus causing eccentric shaft 7 O to bey rotatedone half of a revolution, by which blank Bfis forced in the directionindicated by arrow 1 in Fig. 3, clear of cutter C. By this movement,lever 72 is operated in the same direction as blank, and connected tothe lever, is a hooked bar 73, shown engaged with top of lever 74, thelever being suitably supported and passing between two collars 29A,secured upon shaft 29. On plate 1 3 moving in the direction of arrow l,lever 72 and shaft 29 are movedlin the same direction, thereby drawingvthe clutch teeth of wheel 30 out of mesh, and forcing those of wheel 28into mesh with the corresponding teeth 28A on end of boss of wheel 31,

tical plate 61, as is alsothe case on the allows thetrigger to passwithout putting into rotation shaft 44. Spur wheel 32v and trigger 34make about one revolution and a tenth on each reversal, and whenoperated by wheel 28, the trigger is drawn by spring 36, to the oppositeend of slot as shown by dotted lines inFig. 8. The reversal of rotationof wheel32 into the direction for raising the head stock and cutter C,is accomplished in the following manner.

Cam 75 is feather keyed on rotating shaft 29, and `on the cam coming incontact with hooked `bar 73,- it is raised clear of lever 74, therebyliberating the lever and allowing compressed spring 76 to expand, andforce said shaft into the position shown by Fig. 4, the clutch teeth ofwheel 30, then engaging with those at end of boss of wheel 31 said cam75 is supported by a journal 75x forming part of the frame of themachine,

Vsee Fig. 4. Longitudinal movement of the cam is prevented by theextension thereof journal.

.engaging with one end of the journal and the collar 7 55 secured by anysuitable means to `the cam sleeve at the other end of the Spur wheels 31and 32 are then operated slowly, putting into rotation threaded bar 4inthe direction for raising `headstock and cutter C, trigger 34 beingthen in the position shown by dotted lines,

and when it engages with the notched side of arm 55, vertical plate 61is liberated, putting into operation for one revolution disk 63, andeccentric shaft 70, one half of a revolution, thereby returning blank Binto the position for reciprocating cutter C to engage therewith. Wheneccentric shaft 7 0 is operated as described, cutter C is moving upward,and spur wheel 32 continuing its rotation, the trigger being then incontact with yielding boX 46, but as spring 36 is not of sufficienttension to operate shaft 44, it

remains stationary until the end 35A of slot engages with trigger, seeFig. 7, when shaft 44 and blank B are put into rotary operation, at thetime blank B is engaging with cutter C.

The connecting toothed wheels between shaft 44 and worm wheel 53, are soproportioned that, the rotation or movement of imaginary pitch line ofblank, B, is turned in unison with the rising cutter C, until the cutterarrives in the position for trigger 34 to again operate catch bar 60,thereby liberating vertical plate 61, putting disk 63 and eccentricshaftV 7 0 into operation, thereby moving blank B back, in the directionindicated by arrow 1 in Fig. 3, when the cycle of operationsis repeatedthe threaded ybar 4 beginning to rotate and raise the head stock 2 andcutter C before the blank B is drawn into the positionshown by Fig. 3,thus removing allback lash'from the driving gears between spur wheel 31and bevel wheel 43 secured on threaded bar 4. l lVhat l claim as myinvention is 1. A wheel cutting machine comprising a movable saddleplate, a spindle for the blank carried thereby, a vertically movablehead stock, a cutter carried thereby, a main shaft, change speedmechanism operated by the main shaft, means connected with saidmechanism for slowly raising the head stock, and quickly lowering thesame, means coperating with the last mentioned means for ro-V tating theblank spindle, means combined with the last named means for stopping therotation of the spindle and moving the saddle plate away from thecutter, and means for operating the cutter.

2. A wheel cutting machine comprising a movable saddle plate, a spindlefor the blank carried thereby, a head stock, a cutter carried thereby,means for operating the cutter, 'a main shaft, a shaft 33, gearingconnecting said shaft 33 with the head stock to lower and raise thesame, a sliding shaft 29, change speed gearing mounted on said shaft 29,gearing connecting said shaft 29 with the shaft 33 for rotating theshaft 33 in both directions, a shaft 44, detachable means connectingsaid shaft 44 with the shaft 33, means for connecting said shaft 44 withthe blank spindle, means for disconnecting the shaft 44 when shaft 33 isreversed, means operated from the shaft 33 for forcing the blank awayfrom the cutter and at the same time reversing the motion of the shaft33 to lower the head stock and means for again reversing the motion ofthe shaft 33 to bring the parts into operative position.

3. A wheel cutter comprising a saddle plate, a blank supporting spindlecarried thereby, a vertically movable head stock, a cutter carriedthereby means for operating the cutter, a sliding shaft 29, change speedgearing carried thereby, a main driving shaft connected therewith, apivoted lever 74 connected to one end of said shaft 29, a cam on saidshaft and a spring for holding the shaft with the low speed gearing inoperative position, a shaft 33, a gear wheel thereon 1n mesh with thechange speed gearin whereby said shaft will be rotated in i di erentdirections and at different speeds, gearing connecting said shaft 33with the head stock so that said head stock will be slowly raised andquickly lowered, a shaft 44 connected with the blank spindle, means forrotating the said shaft 44 from theshaft 33 when the same is on its lowspeed, an eccentric shaft connected with the saddle plate forreciprocating same, means controlled by shaft 33 for rotating theeccentric shaft at intervals, and a hook lever 73 connected with thesaddle plate and engaging the upper end of the lever 74 so from thecutter the shaft 29 is moved in the same direction to give the shaft 33a quick rotation in the opposite direction, the cam on said shaftV 29releasing said hooked lever 73 to permit the spring to return the shaft29 to normal position.

4. In a wheel cutting machine, the combination with a cutter and meansfor operating the cutter, of mechanism for sliding a blank into contactwith and clear of said cutter, said mechanism comprising a spur wheel32, means for rotating said wheel in both directions, a trigger 34carried by said wheel, a shaft 56 operated by said trigger in onedirection, a rising and falling vertical plate 61, an arm 61B on saidplate, a rotating ratchet wheel 64, a disk 63, a pawl 62 carried therebyand operated by arm 61B to connect the wheel and disk, an eccentricshaft 70 gearing between said shaft and the disk and means forconnecting the blank carrying part with the eccentric shaftsubstantially in the manner as shown and described.

5. In a wheel cutting machine, a spindle for carrying the blank, a spurwheel 32, means for rotating said wheel in both directions, a trigger 34carried thereby, 'a latch ended yielding bar 46, a shaft 44, a circularblock 45 secured thereon and carrying the bar 46, geared connectionsbetween said shaft and the blank supporting spindle, the bar 46 andtrigger being adapted to operate the shaft 44 when said wheel 32 isrotating in one direction, and said shaft 44 remaining stationary whenthe wheel 32 is rotating 'in the opposite direction for the purpose setforth.

6. In a wheel cutting machine, a sliding rotary shaft 29, worm wheels 28and 30 carried thereby and provided with clutch teeth, means forrotating said wheels in opposite directions, a wheel 31k with clutchteeth at each side thereof keyed to shaft 29, a cam 75 mounted in arigid bearing and keyed on said shaft, a saddle plate 13, a lever 72connected to the saddle plate, a hooked bar 73 pivoted to the lever 72,a pivoted lever 74, collars 29A holding the lever in connection with theshaft 29 and a compressed spring 76 applied to` the shaft whereby theshaft will be moved on movement of the saddle plate.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand to this specification inthe presence of two witnesses.

SAM SUNDERLAND. lVitnesses A. M. MIDGLEY, JOHN GILL.

